[Music] there was something incredibly joyful
there was something incredibly joyful
there was something incredibly joyful about imagining a story with the setting
about imagining a story with the setting
about imagining a story with the setting with characters with an ultimate meaning
with characters with an ultimate meaning
with characters with an ultimate meaning and trying to bring it together in you
and trying to bring it together in you
and trying to bring it together in you know little sentences lined up it was
know little sentences lined up it was
know little sentences lined up it was just something really pleasureful about
just something really pleasureful about
just something really pleasureful about that be listed like being a small god
that be listed like being a small god
that be listed like being a small god Life of Pi is award-winning author Yann
Life of Pi is award-winning author Yann
Life of Pi is award-winning author Yann Martel’s best known literary work for
Martel’s best known literary work for
Martel’s best known literary work for which he won the prestigious Man Booker
which he won the prestigious Man Booker
which he won the prestigious Man Booker Prize
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Prize this is watchmojo.com I’m your host
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this is watchmojo.com I’m your host Leila today I get the chance to talk to
Leila today I get the chance to talk to
Leila today I get the chance to talk to this writer about delighting readers and
this writer about delighting readers and
this writer about delighting readers and what it all comes down to you started
what it all comes down to you started
what it all comes down to you started writing full-time at 27 was that a
writing full-time at 27 was that a
writing full-time at 27 was that a decision you made or did that come about
decision you made or did that come about
decision you made or did that come about naturally it sort of came about
naturally it sort of came about
naturally it sort of came about organically I didn’t really choose
organically I didn’t really choose
organically I didn’t really choose writing I think writing chose me
writing I think writing chose me
writing I think writing chose me everything else fell away you know from
everything else fell away you know from
everything else fell away you know from anthropology to zoology and I was sort
anthropology to zoology and I was sort
anthropology to zoology and I was sort of left with writing and when I started
of left with writing and when I started
of left with writing and when I started I wasn’t very good and I bit by bit I
I wasn’t very good and I bit by bit I
I wasn’t very good and I bit by bit I got better so I didn’t know what I was
got better so I didn’t know what I was
got better so I didn’t know what I was doing and it says I wasn’t thinking I’ll
doing and it says I wasn’t thinking I’ll
doing and it says I wasn’t thinking I’ll do this to comment on that I was just
do this to comment on that I was just
do this to comment on that I was just doing it how did you sort of contend
doing it how did you sort of contend
doing it how did you sort of contend with your own uncertainty about where
with your own uncertainty about where
with your own uncertainty about where you were going we’re taught to be very
you were going we’re taught to be very
you were going we’re taught to be very reasonable in the West we value that
reasonable in the West we value that
reasonable in the West we value that reasonable people make a lot of money
reasonable people make a lot of money
reasonable people make a lot of money reasonably people can make you blog get
reasonably people can make you blog get
reasonably people can make you blog get a lot of power and I just was fed up
a lot of power and I just was fed up
a lot of power and I just was fed up with being so reasonable I thought
with being so reasonable I thought
with being so reasonable I thought what’s the point of being so reasonable
what’s the point of being so reasonable
what’s the point of being so reasonable where does it get me and thank God I
where does it get me and thank God I
where does it get me and thank God I ended up in India at the end of this
ended up in India at the end of this
ended up in India at the end of this process and that’s where I started doing
process and that’s where I started doing
process and that’s where I started doing Life of Pi which in a sense is a book
Life of Pi which in a sense is a book
Life of Pi which in a sense is a book that says stop making sense have a you
that says stop making sense have a you
that says stop making sense have a you know have a vertical view of life rather
know have a vertical view of life rather
know have a vertical view of life rather than a horizontal one well now just a
than a horizontal one well now just a
than a horizontal one well now just a material chemical one don’t worry if
material chemical one don’t worry if
material chemical one don’t worry if it’s not true you know you don’t have to
it’s not true you know you don’t have to
it’s not true you know you don’t have to be certain about anything in life it’s
be certain about anything in life it’s
be certain about anything in life it’s you know life is the process it’s not
you know life is the process it’s not
you know life is the process it’s not the knowledge so just entertain
the knowledge so just entertain
the knowledge so just entertain transcendence and you’ll be better for
transcendence and you’ll be better for
transcendence and you’ll be better for it so in a sense it’s a totally
it so in a sense it’s a totally
it so in a sense it’s a totally unreasonable proposition I think I’m the
unreasonable proposition I think I’m the
unreasonable proposition I think I’m the better for it and I think generally in a
better for it and I think generally in a
better for it and I think generally in a way people are the better for it for
way people are the better for it for
way people are the better for it for being less reasonable can you talk to us
being less reasonable can you talk to us
being less reasonable can you talk to us a bit about the balance between the
a bit about the balance between the
a bit about the balance between the composition the delivery of the story
composition the delivery of the story
composition the delivery of the story and the story you’re telling itself well
and the story you’re telling itself well
and the story you’re telling itself well you have to do the writing and then you
you have to do the writing and then you
you have to do the writing and then you think about it I love tinkering just to
think about it I love tinkering just to
think about it I love tinkering just to see it improve makes you feel better
see it improve makes you feel better
see it improve makes you feel better even simple things like language you
even simple things like language you
even simple things like language you have to write in English you know let’s
have to write in English you know let’s
have to write in English you know let’s say you’re writing an English novel has
say you’re writing an English novel has
say you’re writing an English novel has to be in reasonable English you know you
to be in reasonable English you know you
to be in reasonable English you know you can’t just throw in you know Albanian in
can’t just throw in you know Albanian in
can’t just throw in you know Albanian in it if you want because they won’t
it if you want because they won’t
it if you want because they won’t understand it
understand it
understand it there’s normal compromises of trying to
there’s normal compromises of trying to
there’s normal compromises of trying to communicate in the other sense I write
communicate in the other sense I write
communicate in the other sense I write literary stuff and there’s no real
literary stuff and there’s no real
literary stuff and there’s no real compromises because by and large in our
compromises because by and large in our
compromises because by and large in our Western capitalist profit-driven society
Western capitalist profit-driven society
Western capitalist profit-driven society art is irrelevant when you think about
art is irrelevant when you think about
art is irrelevant when you think about other people to who it’s irrelevant and
other people to who it’s irrelevant and
other people to who it’s irrelevant and that it’s not really irrelevant to them
that it’s not really irrelevant to them
that it’s not really irrelevant to them no no it isn’t i think that the writer
no no it isn’t i think that the writer
no no it isn’t i think that the writer ultimately is a free element you know
ultimately is a free element you know
ultimately is a free element you know you’re not responsible to anyone art is
you’re not responsible to anyone art is
you’re not responsible to anyone art is witness you know that the genuine artist
witness you know that the genuine artist
witness you know that the genuine artist just says this is life not the good
just says this is life not the good
just says this is life not the good parts or the bad parts just this is life
parts or the bad parts just this is life
parts or the bad parts just this is life including you know the good the bad the
including you know the good the bad the
including you know the good the bad the ugly everything and it’s that active
ugly everything and it’s that active
ugly everything and it’s that active witness that makes art so necessary and
witness that makes art so necessary and
witness that makes art so necessary and so true both art and religion
so true both art and religion
so true both art and religion essentially at their core there are
essentially at their core there are
essentially at their core there are stories and I think we are story animals
stories and I think we are story animals
stories and I think we are story animals so I think the work of a lifetime is to
so I think the work of a lifetime is to
so I think the work of a lifetime is to figure out what your story is
figure out what your story is
figure out what your story is what story you gonna tell of yourself of
what story you gonna tell of yourself of
what story you gonna tell of yourself of your family of your city of your country
your family of your city of your country
your family of your city of your country and then ultimately of your universe
and then ultimately of your universe
and then ultimately of your universe thank you so much for your time I really
thank you so much for your time I really
thank you so much for your time I really appreciate it oh my pleasure
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